Cthulhu Cthursday: Trailer for the silent adaptation of “The Call of Cthulhu”
Posted by Derek C.F. Pegritz
Recently, a group of devoted Cthulhu cultists Lovecraft fans produced an astonishing silent-film adaptation of Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu” that is simply a must see for any and all devotees to the Big Squid Himself. Witness the trailer above, and then tell me that 1) this is not the definitive adaptation of the story and 2) it’s actually more eerie in black-and-white. Can’t, huh? Precisely.
The Great Old Ones demand that you order the DVD here.
Trailer - the call of Cthulhu movie [YouTube].
Categories: Fiction, Videos, Cthulhu, Lovecraft, Cthulhu Cthursday, Film
Posted at 4:37 pm on November 8, 2007
6 Comments -
This film has been out for a few years. Its good.
Comment by sveden — November 8, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
I hope you’ll be pimping the *other* HPL Historical Society movie - the truly SAN-destroying Shoggoth On The Roof?
Comment by Cat Vincent — November 8, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Another day where I can happily say, “Thank the elder gods for Netflix!”
Comment by John — November 8, 2007 @ 11:05 pm
God damn, this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen!! About HPL.
Comment by Mogo the mmoMugger — November 9, 2007 @ 3:44 am
They also sell a set of reproductions of the props used in the film — notebooks, press clippings, letters, sketches… if you think the movie makes the legend seem real, try experiencing it though the handwritten journals!
http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=50
Comment by Riff — November 9, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Take a look at their radio adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness. It’s amazing.
Comment by Julie K — November 9, 2007 @ 3:02 pm